Jake Shimabukuro
Jake Shimabukuro (born November 3, 1976 in Kaimukī , Hawaii ) is a Hawaiian ukulele player . His music style is mainly characterized by jazz, rock and pop.
Shimabukuro started learning ukulele at the age of 4. His first teacher was his mother, and later he attended the ukulele school of Roy Sakuma, where he was taught by Tami Akiyami. He first played traditional Hawaiian music and later began transcribing pieces for other instruments for the ukulele. His musical spectrum ranges from rock and pop songs by the Beatles (“ While my guitar gently weeps ”) or Michael Jackson's “ Thriller ” to jazz pieces by Chick Corea (“Spain”) to classical pieces such as Niccolò Paganini's Capriccio No. 24 for violin . Shimakuburo also became internationally known through the Internet portal YouTube .
Shimabukuro is considered to be one of the best ukulele players in the world. He was the first player to be invited to the Sydney Opera House with this instrument . The Washington Post compared Shimabukuro's skill on the ukulele with that of Eddie Van Halen and Eric Clapton on guitar. Shimabukuro himself mentions the guitarists Al Di Meola , Paco de Lucía and Yngwie Malmsteen and the ukulele player Eddie Kamae , whom he describes as "the Miles Davis of the ukulele", as influences. He toured with Béla Fleck and Jimmy Buffett and opened a number of Bryan Adams concerts in the United States.
Shimabukuro provided the soundtrack for the Japanese comedy Hula Girls , which won four Japanese Academy Awards, and also contributed some pieces for the soundtrack of the television series Beyond the Break .
Shimabukuro only plays a four-string tenor ukulele by the famous Hawaiian manufacturer Kamaka , which is made of Koa wood and strung by him with strings from D'Addario .
Discography
- Sunday Morning (2002)
- Crosscurrent (2003)
- Walking Down Rainhill (2004)
- Dragon (2005)
- Gently Weeps (2006)
- My Life (2007)
- Hula Girls (2007)
- Peace Love Ukulele (2011)
- Grand Ukulele (2012)
- Nashville Sessions (2016)
Web links
- jakeshimabukuro.com
- Jake Shimkuburo on the American Federation of Musicians website
- Jake Shimabukuro in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Interview with Jake Shimakuburo at musicplayer online, September 5, 2005
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Studio at Sydney Opera House Presents Jake Shimabukuro . Media release of the Sydney Opera House, 4th February 2008
- ↑ CD Review: Jake Shimabukuro - 'Live' . Washington Post, June 5, 2009
- ↑ Jake Shimakuburo . Sydney Morning Herald, March 8, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shimabukuro, Jake |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hawaiian ukulele player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd November 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kaimukī , Hawaii |